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Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884
730409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730409)
accepted
Species
Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 · alternative representation
marine
Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 42, pl. 5, fig. A. [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 5, fig. A. [details]
Type locality contained in Arafura Sea
type locality contained in Arafura Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730409 on 2025-09-11
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Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 42, pl. 5, fig. A. [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 5, fig. A. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Malacopics (Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 Australia, Northern Territory, Bathurst Island, at 1.5 m depth, collected 1984, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7811852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884)
To Malacopics (Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 Australia, Northern Territory, Bathurst Island, at 1.5 m depth, collected 1984, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7811852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884)
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